15-year-old robert gladden, jr. now charged with attempted first-degree murder and first degree assault. gladden came to the first day of school yesterday armed with a shotgun and vodka. he fired off one shot hitting a

student. that student, daniel remains in critical condition. >> normal traffic op the bay bridge. crews shut down the bridge after reporting an unusual vertical movement. it's safe for travel, after a series of inspeaks meet baltimore city's first new police commissioner. anthony batts ask a former less chief in california and replaces fred bealefeld who retired this summer. hurricane isaac was upgraded to a hurricane and is headed toward new orleans. meteorologist wyatt everhart is tracking the latest of isaac.

it comes seven years after the anniversary of katrina but a different storm. >> we'll get official landfall. hurricane isaac, isaac today being upgraded. it will pack winds of 80 miles an hour. contrast that with katrina which was a category five power house. of course, there have been a lot of reinforcements to the levees. isaac will produce rains. mobile, alabama, will get nailed with high winds and also a storm surge along the immediate coast, but the rainfall totals could produce 18 inches of rain in spots. oi sack will continue to move

ashore, flooding most of the gulf coast and a look at your complete outlook into labor day weekend. it's minutes away. we're learning more about the big sinkhole in east baltimore. now we're learning it's going to take three months to repair. heavy rain caused the road to buckle again in the 2300 block of east monument street. the sinkhole had been patched up in july. luckily businesses near the sinkhole are still open. we are learning more tonight about what happened in the moments right after the boat crash involving maryland delegate don dwyer. jamie costello has more. >> reporter: the nine the two boats may owe their safety to the quick thinking of a man, a man named allan. that's all we know about the man who called 911 and stayed on the

lean all the while making sure everybody was safe. >> a boat accident. >> reporter: standing on the shore, the caller tells the dispatcher what he saw moments before. >> sir? >> yes. >> how many boats are involved? >> two boats. >> how many people did you see go into the water? >> i saw two people go flying. >> reporter: on the tape you can here the -- hear the call are run aboard a boat. he described what he side. >> the other was going. i'm 100 feet away from the boat. his face is all bloody. >> reporter: on the tape, you can hear the good samaritan helping him out of the water. >> i don't want to move him

unless i have to. one of the children has a broken arm. how about that allan saving the kid's lives. after the crash, dwyer admitted to drinking. jamie costello, abc2 news. a bel air woman charged in a deadly crash last july has plead guilty. nicole albers is charged in the death of the lady. she was sentenced to 10 years but will only serve five. it was near the intersection of knoxboro drive near the fountain green swim club. she crossed the double yellow line. albeers will be sentenced in october. some scary month force a

california news crew. the plane had smoke pouring out and was forced to mick an emergency landing in hollywood. they were covering breaking news when it started having problems. its all caught on tape. the chopper landed safely. the good news is no one was hurt. vairs believe an oil lake is to blame. continuing our coverage of the shooting at perry hall high school. police identified the suspect has 15-year-old robert gladden, jr. he allegedly brought a shotgun to school in his backpack. attended the first two classes and stashed the gun. he went to go get the gun came back and shot 17-year-old daniel borowy in the back before being subdued. he is in critical condition at shock trauma tonight. it really is important to

open up the dialogue about bullying. it is the talk that experts say that every parent should have with their school aged child. roosevelt leftwich joins us with more. >> reporter: bullying is not a new problem in schools or in life for that manner. children feeling isolated enough to resort to violence is something experts say everyone needs to think and talk b although police say they are still investigating, this starts the discussion in many families. bullying victims feel isolated and feel like they can't talk about what's going on. that may trigger changes in behavior that parents should be wary of. >> we recommend that parents connected with the school. there could be problems that the parent is in the aware of and that could help explain what is happening. plus, we know that interventions that happen at home are most

effective if there's a similar type. >> reporter: it may also help parents monitor sole home is like facebook and twitter and that parents should always be a part of the child's life. >> thanks a lot. coming up, a woman pan ekes and calls -- panics and calls police after her suv goes out of control. a little boy in china gets his head stuck in the walls, what firefighters had to do to free him. [ female announcer ] with swiffer wet

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an iowa woman had a terrifying experience on the highway. her suv sped out of control reaching more than 100 miles an hour. officers followed her for miles. >> it slowed enough. i jumped out and the officers tracked it down and unhooked the battery. i hugged i don't know which officer it was. oh, my god, i'm safe. i'm safe. thank you. thank you. >> police told the woman to lift

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the food and drug administration is investigating a salmonella outbreak possibly connected to hang -- mangos. they believe it may be coming from mangos originating in mexico. there have been more than 100 cases between california, washington and canada. we have another recall. the consumer product safety commission announced a voluntary recall of care bear pacifiers. they pose a possible choking hazard for children many they were sold at various stores nationwide between 2009 and june 2012 for about $1. anyone with any of these pacifiers should take it away from their child and contact the

company for a refund. new information on the makers of several energy drinks. new york's state attorney general have issued subpoenas to the makers of five-hour energy, amp and monster drinks. company officials decided to comment to the associated press today. all right. let's start off with a check of hurricane isaac. new information coming out. hurricane hunters have been out. we have the upgrade from the tropical storm. winds of 80 miles an hour sustained, some gusts higher than 90. we'll be on the seven-year anniversary of katrina. katrina packed winds of nearly 150 miles an hour. this one is 70 miles an hour. however, there will be flooding

and a storm surge. first, i want to get you up to speed on the weather. it's been going in the right direction for this area, 88 degrees. dew point at 60. weather through the delay just a few clouds. some early showers just before daybreak. we had some sunshine on tap, drying things out nicely. we're still trying to dry out from nearly three and a half inches of rain. chesapeake beach blue skies. temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. so it's a warm summer like afternoon. late august often feels like this in maryland. the winds have shifted. that's good. the humidity will be dropping over the next 12 to 24 hours. dry air continues to funnel in out of the north and west.

altoona, pittsburgh, charleston. it continues to push the dry line further south, virginia beach and points further south. that will shut off our rain chances. quite a bit of rain with the accountal system over the carolinas. the main concern is with our tropical storm, our hurricane. over the next few hours winds will continue to increase across -- continue to increase across new orleans. rain will pour into southern alabama, already; and southern mississippi so. flooding rains have already begun. the center of circulation offshore but not by much. it's seven miles an hour. it looks close this make a landfall. well, at seven miles an hour, you imagine driving your car at seven miles an hour, you get the idea and it takes awhile.

63, nice and dry with a nice breeze, comfortable tomorrow. we'll say 84 but that humidity will be low, low, low. tomorrow 58. gorgeous weather thursday into friday as we let up to near 90. that will feel like summer. the seven-day forecast trending good. in case the remnants of isaac make an eastward turn, we'll keep the chance for showers sunday into monday. right now things are looking better for the weekend. >> okay. we'll keep an eye on isaac. new to democracy 2012 news, republicans finally began their convention after canceling monday's events due to00 isaac. even though mitt romney will not speak until thursday night, he

arrived in tampa. >> reporter: things have definitely started off. right now there's some official business happening. the roll call. minutes ago it was the state of new jersey that eventually pushed mitt romney over the edge, 1,144 to officially clinch it. they were going in alphabetical order. remember, it will be mitt romney who foremillionly accepts the nomination when he speaks. also, mitt romney is in town. so is paul ryan. i know a lot of people are talking about possibly seeing them soon. >> who do we expect to hear tonight? who will be speaking tonight? >> reporter: lots of big name republicans were pushed to tonight. for some, the consolation prize. they were on mitt romney's vp short list. it's an opportunity to go of the

and really make a name for themselves. new hampshire senator kelly ayotte. nikki haley, john caseic. remember, rick santorum? he's speaking tonight. two people people are expecting to hear from, new jersey governor chris christie and ann romney, of course, mitt romney's wife. both of them speaking about 10:00 eastern. >> ian thing we can expect to hear from chris christie or ann romney? >> oar ann romney is expected to touch on the more personal side of mitt romney, make the appeal to female votes. here's what she had to say about her speech on the plane ride down here. >> i think you'll see that my speech is heart felt. i think a lot of you have been

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a new year on college campuses means new classes and tct books can take a bite out of your budget. >> reporter: hitting the books can really hit a college student's budget hard. the average student spends about $1200 on textbooks. even though the college bookstore maybe the most convenient option, it's not a student's only option. >> the books there are typically top dollar, so you want to check those online sites. a lot of the online search engines will find the cheapest retailers. >> reporter: it has become

easier than ever thanks to web so thes like amazon and book finder.com. >> what better way to trade books or purchase books than to do so from people you know. you want to use your social network. >> reporter: they recommend searching for the international edition of textbooks. they often have the same content but can save you as much as 70%. in washington, i'm karin caifa. isaac has finally become a hurricane. plus, we'll talk live to a reporter from our station in louisiana. has been charged as an adult with attempted first-degree murder and first degree assault. >> and here is the picture of

the first glimpse of the teen, they say, opened fire in a perry hall high school cafeteria. >> sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me. words do hurt. >> what caused the bay bridge to shut down preventing you from getting from the eastern to the western shore. we want to get right to the news today from the school. the families and also the police. abc2's jeff hager tonight. >> reporter: as students returned to perry hall high school, they joined hands in prayer for a classmate gunned down 24 hours later. police released this picture, 15-year-old robert gladden, jr., known to many as bobby g.

>> he never said anything. he was in his own little world. >> reporter: but gladden's world erupted in violence after police say he